Huntsman Spider Devours Lizard As Family Eat Dinner

A family were joined by an uninvited dinner guest in the form have a huge huntsman spider. But while it may not have been invited, it did at least bring its own meal. Watch here:

Melanie Jade Ottaway found him at her home in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia, as she was preparing to tuck into her Sunday dinner.

The beast measured around five inches across and was chowing down on a main course of gecko, while perched on the glass door that led out to her decking.

Naturally, Melanie reached for her camera and recorded the grisly spectacle, which unfolded back in 2018.

It's not clear though whether she and her partner Troy were put off their meals.

My guess is not, given that they live Down Under, where mad s**t like this is a common occurrence.

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Just a few months ago in fact, there was a 'spider apocalypse' - which sounds nice, doesn't it?

The arachnid explosion took place in June following heavy flooding in Victoria.

Millions of the eight-legged creatures covered landscapes with blankets of cobwebs, and just the sight of it might give you the shivers.

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The spider were most likely sheetweb spiders, according to Professor Dieter Hochuli from the University of Sydney, who said they're not actually that uncommon after floods.

Speaking to 7News, he said: "They build a web that is a little bit different to the ones we're more familiar with - like orb webs, their ones are flat and the spiders often live between two layers of webbing.

"When we get these types of very heavy rains and flooding these animals who spend their lives cryptically on the ground can't live there anymore, and do exactly what we try to do - they move to the higher ground."

We're now in the very dodgy territory of spider mating season, which usually kicks off in the first two weeks of September and ends in early October.

During this time, we're more likely to see the creatures dashing around in the hopes of finding a partner - which is great news for any arachnids fed up of swiping right, but not so brilliant for the terrified humans they'll no doubt encounter.

So make sure you're keeping your wits about you - if you wanna avoid having your ankle bonked by a randy spider, that is.

Topics: Spider, Community, Animals, Australia

Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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